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Babbage's
1983–1999
“The mall computer-game store before the giant.”
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The mall software-and-games shop of floppy disks and cartridges, walls of PC boxes and shrink-wrap. It merged its way into what became GameStop by the end of the '90s.
Did you go to Babbage's? What do you remember?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Babbage's.
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Woolworth's
1879–1997
“The five-and-dime with the lunch counter.”
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Service Merchandise
1934–2002
“Fill out the slip, wait for the conveyor.”
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Circuit City
1949–2009
“The big-box electronics trip.”
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RadioShack
1921–2015
“The store with a part for everything.”
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